Date: May 4, 1961
Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbits the Earth twice and splashes down off the coast of Puerto Rico. Date: November 29, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 29 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Walt Disney Releases…
U Thant is unanimously appointed as the 3rd Secretary-General of the United Nations, becoming the first non-European individual to occupy the post. Date: November 3, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 3 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Tunisia Blockades French…
Explorer program: Explorer 9 (S-56a) is launched. Date: February 16, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 16 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Baixa de Cassanje Revolt Sparks Angolan War of Independence, January 3, 1961USAF B-52 Nuclear Bomber Crashes Near Yuba…
U.S. President John F. Kennedy nominates African American civil rights lawyer Thurgood Marshall to the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, although pro-segregation Southern senators manage to delay his confirmation until September 11, 1962. Date: September 23, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 23 📅 Events on this day…
During the Algiers putsch by French generals, President Charles de Gaulle announces he has assumed emergency powers, and calls on troops and civilians to support him. Date: April 23, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 23 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
A USAF B-52 bomber carrying nuclear weapons crashes near Yuba City, California. Date: March 14, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 14 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Eichmann Trial: Adolf Eichmann Sentenced to Death, December 15, 1961Canadian Bank of Commerce…